Benneteau and Llodra seal victory for France

Audio interview

By

Clive White

ROUEN, FRANCE: Benneteau credits his partnership with Llodra and their good level of play throughout the match to secure victory.

Llodra enjoyed the match atmosphere and the attitude displayed by the pair for the three set win. After a close first set which finished in a tie break, the French team pushed forward to ease through the final two sets and win 76(3) 61 60.

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OUR REPORTER IN ROUEN

Clive White

Clive started writing about sport at the 1966 World Cup final, since when, he says, it’s been all downhill... for England if not necessarily himself. He joined The Times at 21 before moving to the Sunday Telegraph where he provided worldwide coverage of tennis and football. As ghost writer to John McEnroe for six years, Clive learned that sport, far from being a matter of life and death, was, in fact, much more serious than that.